FOR the first time ever, fans walked the red carpet on the web and took part in a Google+ Hangout with electropop group LCD Soundsystem at the premiere of their new concert film Shut Up and Play the Hits.
The Google+ Hangout team streamed a live Q&A session, hosted by Radio 1's Edith Bowman, in which the band answered questions from fans live from the world premiere of their documentary.
Ahead of the Q&A session, Google, Pulse Films and DFA Records invited fans to submit their questions.
The band's frontman James Murphy and the film's directors Will Southern and Dylan Lovelace joined Edith Bowman in the cinema to participate in the Q&A while the rest of the band tuned in from New York City via the Hangout.
The event was the first of its kind linking a film premiere through Google+ to other cinemas and fans from across the globe.
The Q&A session was livestreamed from London's Hackney Picturehouse to 60 other cinemas that also premiered the documentary about the band's final concert.
It was on April 2, 2011, that LCD Soundsystem played their final show at Madison Square Garden. Frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband the group at the peak of their popularity, ensuring they would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of their career.
The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza did just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with New York Magazine calling the event "a marvel of pure craft" and Time magazine lamenting "we may never dance again."
Shut Up and Play The Hits, released on September 4, is both a narrative film documenting this once-in-a-lifetime performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision.
Click here for the trailer and some images from the film.
The film will be released on DVD on October 8. It is available...
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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